Bit of both isnt he, almost the anti sportsman in his boozing and smoking but a gifted snooker player and character, couldn't help but like him as he knocked back the pints in a haze of smoke at the Crucible.............

I think back in the 80s most snooker players took beta blockers to calm their nerves when playing but for Bill drinking alcohol had the same effect and improved his game. A deductible tax expense. Nice one.

'Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;[2] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";[7] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match''

I wonder what he died of? I don't think he overate, there wasn't the time.